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The Lakers have informed Dwight Buycks of their interest in him for next season, a source told David Pick of Basketball Insiders.

It's not clear if it would be a summer league deal, a non-guaranteed deal or something greater, but the Lakers have bigger fish to fry than Buycks unless it's a training camp invite with little to no guarantees. Jun 22 - 1:08 PM

Lakers G Dwight Buycks fractured the third metacarpal on his right hand during Sunday's game and he won't play in L.A.'s final two games.

It's unclear whether Buycks will require surgery, but either way he should be ready to go for Summer League and training camp as he strives to land a guaranteed deal for the 2015-16 season. His absence leaves L.A. desperately short-handed in the backcourt -- with Jeremy Lin, Wayne Ellington, Kobe Bryant and Nick Young all on the sidelines, they'll have to rely on Jordan Clarkson, Jabari Brown and whomever else they might call up from the D-League. Apr 13 - 12:34 AM

Dwight Buycks racked up multiple career-highs on Wednesday with 15 points, five rebounds, three assists and four turnovers in 33 minutes of action.

Anything is possible with the Lakers these days, but Buycks' career-night came courtesy of Jeremy Lin's unexpected absence with a knee injury. There's no word on the severity of Lin's injury, so for now Buycks is nothing more than a curiosity in standard-depth leagues. Apr 9 - 12:35 AM

Dwight Buycks made his season debut on Friday with eight points, one rebound, one assist and two 3-pointers.

Two summers ago, Buycks tore up the summer league and the Raptors signed him to a deal, but nothing came to fruition. He might get some minutes, but you'd have to be in a very deep league to even given Excite Buycks a look. Apr 4 - 2:51 AM

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The Lakers have informed Dwight Buycks of their interest in him for next season, a source told David Pick of Basketball Insiders.

It's not clear if it would be a summer league deal, a non-guaranteed deal or something greater, but the Lakers have bigger fish to fry than Buycks unless it's a training camp invite with little to no guarantees.

"With his tenaciousness, the way he guards people and when his mind is set, if I say ‘Kobe, you’ve got him,’ he takes that as a challenge," coach Byron Scott said. "You know how he is. He’ll compete." A lot of teams are using small power forwards now, so this really isn't a stretch. The Lakers aren't going to make him a four against someone like Zach Randolph. The Black Mamba is a risky target in the middle rounds.

Jabari Brown scored 20 points off the bench in Monday's preseason loss to the Knicks, hitting 5-of-14 shots (2-of-7 from deep, 8-of-11 from the line) with one rebound, zero assists and three steals in 27 minutes.

Brown led the D-League in scoring last season so there aren't a lot of surprises with this performance. It's unclear if he'll have a rotation slot heading into this season.

Julius Randle scored 17 points with four rebounds, one assist and one steal in 21 minutes against the Mavs on Wednesday.

After the game, Randle said the summer league minutes restriction is frustrating and he's just focusing on keeping everything in perspective. As for his performance today, he looked like the player the Lakers wanted him to be. Randle wasn't forcing the contact quite so much today and he seemed to know where the double teams were going to come from. He also did more ball handling today on the offensive end.